Table 1.

Diagnostic Criteria for Metabolic Syndrome Utilized in this Study

		(o) Method*	(m) Method**	(c) Method***
No	Five NCEP criteria†	Categories	Categories	Categories
1	Elevated WAIST	> 102 cm in men > 88 cm in women	Idem¶ Idem	Idem Idem
2	Elevated Fasting GLUC	≥ 110 mg/dl OR use of anti-diabetic medications‡	Idem Idem	Idem Idem
3	Elevated TG	≥ 150 mg/dl	Idem OR antihyperlipidemic treatment‡	If treated with antihyperlipidemics, the original TG was evaluated as TG/(1–15.2/100)‡ ≥ 150 mg/dl
4	Reduced HDLC	< 40 mg/dl in men < 50 mg/dl in women	Idem Idem OR antihyperlipidemic treatment‡	If treated with antihyperlipidemics, the original HDLC was evaluated as HDLC/(1+6.1/100)‡ < 40 mg/dl in men < 50 mg/dl in women
5	Elevated Blood Pressure	≥ 130 mm Hg SBP OR ≥ 85 mm Hg DBP OR medication treatment for hypertension‡	Idem Idem Idem	If treated with antihypertensives, the original SBP was evaluated as SBP+14.8 mm Hg‡ AND the original DBP was evaluated as DBP+10.5 mm Hg‡ ≥ 130 mm Hg SBP OR ≥ 85 mm Hg DBP

*Original NCEP MetS criteria; **Subjects treated with antihyperlipidemics were considered as passed the corresponding threshold criterion; ***Average effects of many clinical trials were used to impute the original values of treated TG, HDLC, SBP, and DBP. After this correction, categories of MetS were applied. † Any three of the five criteria constituted a diagnosis of MetS; ‡See Methods for details; ¶Identical with the left column category of the same row.